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Summary

Name YAML
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/818
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Description YAML is data serialisation format which uses a text file organised in a human-readable form. YAML can be used with several platforms of programming languages such as C, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Javascript and others.
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Related file formats None.
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Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 11 Dec 2015
Source description http://yaml.org/
Last updated 16 Oct 2021
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